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Lightning sparks new blazes; largest burns nearly 80 acres in Wheeler County
A storm that passed through Central Oregon Monday night blanketed the area with about 100 lightning strikes, sparking at least five new wildfires,…
Continue ReadingA storm that passed through Central Oregon Monday night blanketed the area with about 100 lightning strikes, sparking at least five new wildfires,…
Continue ReadingA 61-year-old Redmond man was charged with second-degree murder on Tuesday in the killing of a woman whose body was found Monday by Deschutes County…
Continue ReadingA Salem man who worked with children for decades in the Willamette Valley was sentenced in Bend on Tuesday to five years in prison for attempted…
Continue ReadingAfter the Oregon Department of Transportation opened up its proposed Wickiup Junction refinement plan to public comment, residents said the current…
Continue ReadingSome Bend businesses have faced some challenges after Gov. Kate Brown ordered all Oregonians to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces,…
Continue ReadingIn an effort to promote transparency as we continue to navigate rising cases of COVID-19 here in Deschutes County, St. Charles will now release…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 220, along with 219 new cases and a new outbreak at a northeast…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Liquor Control Commission said Tuesday it found most bars and restaurants were operating according to OLCC rules, following social…
Continue ReadingMadras police on Tuesday released the name of an 18-year-old Madras resident who was shot and killed last week, a crime for which two teen brothers…
Continue ReadingBend police said Tuesday they received information that a suspect in a shooting and a fatal hit-and-run crash in Yuba County, California last week…
Continue ReadingA Sandy man serving a 90-month prison term on an abuse conviction died Tuesday morning at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution east of Madras, the…
Continue ReadingA Salem woman died after her car and a pickup truck collided on U.S. Highway 20 at Santiam Junction, west of Santiam Pass Monday evening, Oregon…
Continue ReadingA 21-year-old Terrebonne man was killed and two Stockton, California residents were injured Monday night in a head-on crash on Highway 97 south of…
Continue ReadingA new wildfire broke out and quickly put up a billowing smoke column Sunday afternoon near Paulina Lake Road in the La Pine area, burning nearly 50…
Continue ReadingA small plane pilot and passenger escaped injury Monday after calling in a possible problem with a landing gear that collapsed during an emergency…
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old Bend High School freshman badly injured in an ATV rollover crash on the Fourth of July was on life support at St. Charles Bend Monday…
Continue ReadingWith many illegal fireworks taking flight or sending loud booms across Central Oregon neighborhoods over the past weekend, some enjoyed the show…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County commissioners voted Monday to impose public use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land, to…
Continue ReadingJust a few weeks into summer, Central Oregon has already seen a more aggressive fire season than in some past years. The U.S. Forest Service is…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration on Monday formally authorized exports from a proposed Coos Bay, Oregon natural gas terminal, the first on the U.S. West…
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